[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 187 (Thursday, September 26, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60700-60701]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-24470]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CA-930-1430-ET, CACA 7767 and CACA 44322]


Notice of Proposed Withdrawal, and Transfer of Jurisdiction, and 
Opportunity for Public Meeting; California

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Veterans Affairs has filed an application to 
withdraw approximately 7 acres of public lands, which are currently 
withdrawn to the Department of Navy for military purposes. The 
Department of Navy has determined the lands are no longer needed for 
military purposes and has agreed to partially relinquish their 
withdrawal. The lands are needed for expansion of the Fort Rosecrans 
National Cemetery, permitting the expansion of burial facilities to 
serve veterans in the San Diego metropolitan area. The Department of 
Veterans Affairs has also requested that the administrative 
jurisdiction be permanently transferred to them. The lands have been 
and will remain withdrawn from settlement, sale, location, or entry 
under the general land laws, including the mining laws.

DATES: Comments and requests for a public meeting must be received by 
December 26, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Comments and meeting requests should be sent to Howard K. 
Stark, Chief, Branch of Lands Management (CA-930), Bureau of Land 
Management, 2800 Cottage Way, Suite W-1834, Sacramento, California 
95825-1886.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Duane Marti, Realty Specialist, Bureau 
of Land Management, 916-978-4675.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    1. The Department of Veterans Affairs has filed an application to 
withdraw the following described public lands from settlement, sale, 
location, or entry under the general land laws, including the mining 
laws, subject to valid existing rights for expansion of the Fort 
Rosecrans National Cemetery:

San Bernardino Meridian

T. 17 S., R. 4 W.,

    That portion of lot 37 more particularly described by a metes and 
bounds survey that was prepared by the Department of Veterans Affairs.
    The areas described aggregate 7 acres, more or less, in San Diego 
County. The subject lands are located directly east of the current Fort 
Rosecrans National Cemetery boundary. Once the survey has been approved 
by the Bureau of Land Management, copies of the survey will be 
available from the Bureau of Land Management at the address listed 
above.
    2. The Department of Veterans Affairs has requested that 
administrative jurisdiction of those lands described above in paragraph 
1 be permanently transferred to the Department of

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Veterans Affairs, so that the lands can be managed as part of the Fort 
Rosecrans National Cemetery and shall thereafter be subject to all laws 
and regulations applicable thereto, subject to valid existing rights.
    3. For a period of 90 days from the date of publication of this 
notice, all persons who wish to submit comments, suggestions, 
objections, or requests for public meetings in connection with the 
proposed actions described in this notice, may present their views in 
writing to the Chief, Branch of Lands Management, California State 
Office, Bureau of Land Management, at the address listed above. If the 
authorized officer determines that a public meeting should be held, it 
will be scheduled and conducted in accordance with 43 CFR 2310.3-
1(c)(2). A notice of the time and place would be published in the 
Federal Register at least 30 days before the scheduled date of the 
public meeting.
    4. The application will be processed in accordance with the 
regulations set forth in 43 CFR part 2300.
    5. The subject lands are currently withdrawn for the Department of 
Navy for military purposes and therefore are segregated from 
settlement, sale, location, or entry under the general land laws and 
from location and entry under the United States mining laws. The 
temporary uses which may be permitted during this segregative period 
are those which are compatible with the use of the lands, as determined 
by the Bureau of Land Management, the Department of Navy, and the 
Department of Veterans Affairs.

    Dated: August 28, 2002.
Howard K. Stark,
Chief, Branch of Lands Management.
[FR Doc. 02-24470 Filed 9-25-02; 8:45 am]
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